Technology News for Wednesday 19th March 2025

1. Apple is having a rough 2025 so far. But it's not all doom and gloom

Apple said on March 7 that it's pushing back an upcoming Siri upgrade that would enable it to provide more personalized answers with a user's iPhone data and take actions within apps on a person's behalf. The delay fueled ...

2. Microsoft and NVIDIA accelerate AI development and performance

First is that Azure AI Foundry now offers NVIDIA NIM microservices. NIM provides optimized containers for more than two dozen popular foundation models, allowing developers to deploy generative AI applications and agents quickly. These new integrations can ...

3. Samsung Launches the 9100 PRO Series PCIe 5.0 SSD in Singapore, Its Fastest Consumer SSD To Date

With sequential read and write speeds of up to 14,800 MB/s and 13,400 MB/s respectively, the 9100 PRO delivers next-level performance in 1TB, 2TB, 4TB and 8TB capacities. Samsung Electronics Singapore is launching the 9100 PRO in Singapore, ...

4. Attempt to Harness Energy from Earth's Rotation

March 19, 2025 • Physics 18, 62. Experiments support a controversial proposal to generate electricity from our planet's rotation by using a device that interacts with Earth's magnetic field. Figure caption expand figure. helenos/stock.adobe.com.

5. Back to the feudal: Assassin's Creed Shadows is the most beautiful game I've ever seen

Odyssey (the Greek one) was the last I played seriously; I found the setting exquisite, the gameplay somewhat irritating and the scale completely overwhelming. The Assassin's Creed games are extraordinary works of historical fiction ...

6. Optimal Sequencing - Should It Include Radium Given Lutetium? - Joe O'Sullivan

Joe O'Sullivan joins Alicia Morgans in a conversation about metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer and the recent approval of lutetium-PSMA-617. As a radiation oncologist, Dr. O'Sullivan shares his views on effective sequencing of radium-223 ...

7. Microsoft's quantum computer hit with criticism at key physics meeting

After weeks of criticism, Microsoft promised to show new data about its Majorana 1 quantum computer at the biggest meeting of the world's physicists. Researchers in the room tell New Scientist they were not impressed with what they saw.

8. UFC 5 and Captain Tsubasa join PS

Sony has added another round of games to its PS+ subscription service and sports game fans are getting a double serving of goodness in the form of fighting game UFC 5 and anime soccer title Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions.

9. 4 Most Effective Strength Exercises Every Runner Should Be Doing

Why Strength Train For Running? The 4 Best Strength Exercises for Runners; The 1 Best Exercise for Runners. By this point, most serious runners know they need to be strength training if ...

10. Digital light processing 3D printing of flexible devices: actuators, sensors and energy devices

Flexible devices are increasingly crucial in various aspects of our lives, including healthcare devices and human-machine interface systems, revolutionizing human life. As technology evolves rapidly, there is a high demand for innovative manufacturing ...

11. AI tool creates detailed 3D map of mouse brain metabolism, portending advances in Alzheimer's research

It is a detailed view of the brain like never seen before. In a significant technological leap, University of Florida researchers have created a powerful new computational and artificial intelligence tool that can generate a high-resolution 3D map of ...

12. Encounter Nickit and Thievul During Pokémon GO's Deep Depths Event

Collect 50 Nickit Candy, and you can evolve Nickit into Thievul. During the event, you'll also be able to take advantage of a pair of bonuses: 1/2 Egg Hatch Distance when Eggs are placed into Incubators during the event, and an increased chance to ...

13. NASA Still Pursuing Boeing Starliner Certification

NASA says it wants to stick with the Boeing CST-100 Starliner to give the space agency options in case the SpaceX Dragon system encounters problems. NASA last year had to lean on the SpaceX system when it experienced technical issues with Starliner ...